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Fred McGriff

Batting 181, 2 homers and 7 Rbi's in 72 at bats..... has 493 HR's LIFE TIME

 

"he needs to quit the man is 40 what the f*** is he thiking!"

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Juan Gonzalez

Batting 276, 5 homers and 17 Rbi's in 127 at bats.....has 434 HR's LIFE TIME

 

" the man still has potential, but is a selfish ass hole and hopes to god he can find some work next year who really wanst a player who spends all his time on the DL and asks for 4 mil a year?? at 34 he might be able to do it if he can get in shape, if ya not motivated to play 4 Tony Pena than maybe the game aint 4 u"

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Jeffrey Bagwell

Batting 268, 11 bombs and 40 Rbi's in 310 at bats has 430 HR's LIFE TIME

 

" at 36 he's done all these at bats and these are the numbers the amn puts up, all i have to say is steriod testing cam into place this yera look how his numbers have dropped?

 

Last year at this time

Bagwell was batting 275, 18 bombs and 50 Tbi's numbers are slowly declining.....and he makin 16 mil this year, not worth it

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Frank Thomas

 

Batting 271, 18 bombs 49 Rbi's in 240 at bats 436 HR's LIFE TIME

 

" at 36, the man was dominating this year numbers were nice until he went on the DL about week ago, but when he comes back im expecting 35-40 bombs a 280 BA and 100 Rbi season this year..... BIG HURT is back......."

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Jim Thome

 

Batting 287, 28 Bombs, and 61 RBI's in 296 AT Bats 409 Bombs Life Time

 

" NL MVP of 04 at 33 the man is gonna get to 500 NO Doubt...... HALL FAME material yes... and its not as if he is getting worse but his carrer will decline 3-4 years from now but at the rate he si going he will be in the 500 club in about 2 years maybe a year and half......"

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A.rod has 369 Hr's he is only 28 years old if he averages 50 per year he should have 500 i in 07...... who says he cant get 50 a year? only 28 years old...

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its really Between Thome and Thomas but im going with Big hurt...... i think he's back and the only reason he's gonna beat Thome is cuz he is adhead 27 Homers...... only if Big Hurt stays healthy.......

 

as 4 A.rod i think both these dudes should watch out cuz he is gonna get ther and get there fast......

and from that list only bagwell, thome and maybe thomas deserve to be in the hall. mcgriff will be tough to get in the hall.

From yahoo sports: Devil Rays cut McGriff

 

 

July 17, 2004

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- Fred McGriff was cut Saturday by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, seven home runs short of 500.

 

McGriff, 40, struggled after the Devil Rays brought him up from Triple-A Durham on May 28, hitting just .181 with two homers and seven RBIs in 27 games. He hasn't homered since June 17 against Mark Eaton at San Diego.

 

Tampa Bay designated him for assignment, meaning the Devil Rays have 10 days to trade him, send him outright to the minors or place him on waivers.

 

``If a major league club has interest in Fred. well let him go,'' Tampa Bay general manager Chuck LaMar said.

 

The Devil Rays called up outfielder Joey Gathright and infielder Jorge Cantu from Durham. Utilityman Damian Rolls was optioned to Durham.

 

``I'm sentimental when it comes to Fred, but there comes a time I have to make a decision to put our best team on the field,'' LaMar said.

 

McGriff is tied with Lou Gehrig for 21st place on the career home run list. He was trying to join Ted Williams, Willie McCovey and Eddie Murray as the only players to reach 500 homers after turning 40.

 

A Tampa native, McGriff played for the Devil Rays from their inception in 1998 until a 2001 trade to the Chicago Cubs.

 

McGriff has 2,490 hits and 958 extra-base hits, 30th on the career list. He has homered in a major league-record 43 ballparks.

 

 

 

 

 

Looks like McGriff won't make it at all...

Can we get Odom to write a weekly column for the site?

 

Seriously.

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:lol

 

That would own.

 

 

By the way I think it will be Jim Thome the next one to reach 500. I want it to be Mcgriff hes looks like a good guy but I dont think hes going to get many more chances.

Here's what I'm hoping for Mcgriff.

 

Blue Jays trade Delgado for prospects and they sign Mcgriff and he hits it where he became a star.

Here's what I'm hoping for Mcgriff.

 

Blue Jays trade Delgado for prospects and they sign Mcgriff and he hits it where he became a star.

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Delgado will not waive his no-trade clause.

McGriff won't hit 7 more, or whatever he needs. The way Thome is hitting I expect him to reach 500 in June of 2006, and the Big Hurt will probably get there at at around the same time.

thome, bagwell, thome

 

 

in that order.

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So Thome's gonna have a few taken away, and then have to hit them again?

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